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The Art of the Sentence: Complex Sentences
Another important type of sentence, a complex sentence, requires close attention on this week’s Grammar Monday. A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. As you learned in last week’s discussion of compound sentences, an independent clause is essentially a simple sentence; at the very minimum, an independent clause contains…
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Writerly Friday: Writing Dialogue
“Damn buses are always late,” Eddie groaned, struggling to get comfortable in his seat as Jean sat down beside him. “Well, if you had gotten up when the alarm went off…” she said. “Don’t start, Jean,” he shot back. With a sigh, she turned to stare out the window.…
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The Art of the Sentence: Simple Sentences
It is important in your writing, as you grow and develop, that you be very wary of making sentences more complex than need be, like this one, because ultimately readers will not understand your writing, and you will find that you are putting most readers to sleep with your superfluous words and confusing sentence structure.…
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By Berneta L. Haynes
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